Robert Bender, AFE Chapter 4, President Robert B. Bender, B.S., M.B.A., M.P.D.T.: Considered by many to be an industrial marketing guru, the Founder and President of The R.B. Bender Group has 48 years of experience in industrial marketing and sales, with an extensive knowledge of machinery, materials and manufacturing techniques. He has worked for Borg-Warner & Sumitomo Heavy Industries, and sold industrial products to General Motors, Ford, Bethlehem Steel, U.S. Steel, Lever Brothers, National Grid, Amtrak, New York City Department of Environmental Protection, and Long Island Railroad. He is known for creative problem solving at all corporate levels, including executive, engineering, maintenance, and purchasing. Has advanced degrees from Drexel University, Hofstra University, and Morse Institute of Technology. President of The Association for Facilities Engineering, New York, Long Island Chapter since 2007. r Construction